Metamorphic rocks in the Antarctic Peninsula region

Geological Magazine

Volumn 145, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 655-676

  Wendt, Anke S ^a,b   Vaughan, Alan P M ^a   Tate, Alexander ^a  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Geomechanics   (Norway)

Author keywords

Metamorphism; Pressure; Temperature; Terrane accretion

Indexed keywords

LANDFORMS; PRESSURE; SHEARING; SHEARING MACHINES; TEMPERATURE;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; LITERATURE REVIEWS; METAMORPHIC CONDITIONS; METAMORPHIC GRADE; METAMORPHISM; SUPRACRUSTAL ROCKS; SURFACE EXPRESSION; TERRANE ACCRETION;

METAMORPHIC ROCKS;

ACCRETION; AMPHIBOLITE; FAULT ZONE; P-T CONDITIONS; REGIONAL METAMORPHISM; SHEAR ZONE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TERRANE;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 53249084433     PISSN: 00167568     EISSN: 14695081     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016756808005050     Document Type: Article

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